Reality of RX

Hello all,

I have a good chance of joining a top RX shop next year. Currently in coverage. Can current or former RX bankers tell me what I’m getting myself into? Is this a solid career path? If I get tired of RX, am I pigeonholed? My only understanding of RX culture comes from here and what I’ve read gives me second thoughts.

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If you are at an EB RX you aren’t going to be pidgeon holed, but if you don’t actually love it you should just go to M&A. You are still going to be working in the group for 2 years before you’d leave to a PE job if that’s what your goal is. And M&A would bring you to the same place.

 

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